odd bid,lost / bid,won eBay experience

[hcv123]

There are guys on the board who are detail oriented enough to pick these kinds of scenarios apart and offer educated opinions on what happened. Me - not so much. I would provide more detail (ebay lot #) At first read - it certainly sounds like you got shilled - with the seller/shiller (possibly not the company if it is one who accepts ebay consignments) being more optimistic than you were. I always snipe ebay auctions and never bid more than I am comfortable paying - that way I'm comfortable regardless of what shilling is or isn't happening although I certainly hate the fact that shilling seems to be so prevalent ( I know I was shilled in a couple of Mastro auctions years ago).